８はっ分ぷん

noun

eight minutes

Standard time duration; used in everyday contexts.

• 駅えきまで歩あるいて８分ぷんかかります。

  It takes eight minutes to walk to the station.

noun

triangular-swept clerical script

Only when written 八分

A style of clerical script (六体) where horizontal strokes end in a distinct triangular sweep. Restricted to the kanji spelling 八分.

See also: 六体

• 八はっ分ぷんは六ろく体たいの一ひとつで、横おう線せんの終おわりが三さん角かく形けいになる書しょ体たいです。

  Happun is one of the six script styles, a calligraphic style where the ends of horizontal lines form a triangle.